Although Will & Harper won plenty of hearts, it failed to secure an Oscar nomination. Following the success of his and fellow SNL alum Harper Steele‘s Netflix documentary, Will Ferrell jokingly called out The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for snubbing their film.

Ferrell should be quite familiar with the taunt — "suck it" was infamously hurled at him on "SNL" when he played Alex Trebek in a "Celebrity Jeopardy" sketch.Sean Connery, is that you?Will Ferrell did not pull any punches (but might have cracked a few jokes and a Saturday Night Live callback) when it came to addressing his documentary,

Will Ferrell gave the proverbial middle finger to the Oscars. The “Anchorman” actor, 57, joked about the Academy snubbing his inspiring documentary, “Will & Harper,” from the 2025 nominations list. “Ask me if we got Oscar-nominated,” Ferrell said to Stephen Colbert on a recent episode of “The Late Show.”

Will Ferrell jokingly blamed the 'doc branch' of the Academy for his failure to land an Oscar nod for 'Will & Harper'

You don’t want to hang out with the doc branch,” quipped Ferrell in an interview with Stephen Colbert about his movie’s lack of Oscar recognition

Lights, camera, no action! Oscar 2025 nominations have been announced and clearly not everyone is happy about it. Huge snubs have dominated discussion, with Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, and Selena Gomez a few of the high-profile actresses snubbed in the cold.

Will Ferrell would like to have a word with the Academy. In 2024, the comedian and actor appeared in the cross-country road trip documentary Will & Harper with his close friend Harper Steele, who had just come out as trans.